Read the full article by Edward Robinson on ProgressIt is worth pausing over one of Labour’s policy commitments, which Ed Miliband reiterated last week: decarbonising the UK power sector by 2030. Think about that. That is just over 15 years away – within many of our working lives. And Labour has already set out plans to capitalise on the economic opportunities the transition could bring. The media rarely talk about it but it is one of the most radical and ambitious policies going.At the same time as domestic environmental policy was being overshadowed in the United Kingdom, the UN secretary general’s pre-summit in New York (in advance of major climate change talks in Paris next year) was being overshadowed by an escalation of events in Iraq and Syria.